Summary

Rena C. Gropper has created an intercultural sensitizer for the health professions, using a series of forty-four critical incidents in which communication between a health professional and a patient or client breaks down because of a lack of knowledge about cultural differences. Twenty-three cultural and ethnic groups are included in the critical incidents. Dr. Gropper asks the reader to choose the best of four possible explanations, then locate the answers and accompanying discussions in a separate part of the book.

Author Bio

Rena C. Gropper has created an intercultural sensitizer for the health professions, using a series of forty-four critical incidents in which communication between a health professional and a patient or client breaks down because of a lack of knowledge about cultural differences. Twenty-three cultural and ethnic groups are included in the critical incidents. Dr. Gropper asks the reader to choose the best of four possible explanations, then locate the answers and accompanying discussions in a separate part of the book.

Summary

Rena C. Gropper has created an intercultural sensitizer for the health professions, using a series of forty-four critical incidents in which communication between a health professional and a patient or client breaks down because of a lack of knowledge about cultural differences. Twenty-three cultural and ethnic groups are included in the critical incidents. Dr. Gropper asks the reader to choose the best of four possible explanations, then locate the answers and accompanying discussions in a separate part of the book.